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And still everything is new, although I am now almost NEN months on board. Not that here the time is running faster, but still everything is passed very quickly. I'm still not really used to the uniform, will also never happen, which I am not in the picture! But otherwise I have known some of the processes on board. And I already find my cabin itself, even ne performance! And the CrewBar clear.

But actually, it went quite quickly navigate to the geographical. And yes, I had two weeks to make myself familiar with everything. Uwe, who has been looking forward to his well-deserved Christmas leave, has worked me. Two weeks, however, more than nothing. And, since now already almost two weeks, I am responsible for everything that was running on speaking such a modern ship Kommunkations technique is necessary.

This is quite demanding, if only because it can take me for good times as a novice two days until I find out where each switch is there and what the should be. Are indeed plans for (almost) everything, but once scanned the cable plans from 13 storeys to the right details. Without experience here takes things a bit, but you have plenty of time really.

For what I can do it today, I make sure tomorrow. So clear to me that was never before, but here is on board each day worked. Every day, whether on Sundays or holidays or Monday. It always means getting up at 7, it always means 18h in the evening supper. Only the departure of the ship adds a little variety to everyday life, I have to check at different times if everything is ok on the bridge. So even after 18h time, or before. So that we can phase out safely. And between 18h and 7 am I have, wherever I may run beeps on the bridge ...

Well, the regularity of the procedures is awesome, sounds a bit like prison, and sometimes feels that way. But I should not complain, in principle, I have 'a lot of freedoms. I can on land, when my work permit and the ne representation is there. And I'll also make time soon, yet was always something going on, four weeks after the Caribbean still made no progress on land. (Oops, out just now but times for 20 minutes, yeah)

Otherwise, life on board is ok, the colleagues are nice, I'll come with the most well clear (usually I go quite like to go, but there remains a sense ...). Top with the guests, I am not driving around like me is too formal and I do not feel really like in my spare time when I have to walk around there in uniform. For the crew Gibts ne CrewBar, which is quite ok. Not really original, but there are cheap alcohol (Becks, Radeberger). So something like 0815-ne corner bar in NEM suburb. And because every day bar is not as well doll, I'm spending the evenings often to my cabin and watch film NEN sleep and a while. Internet is not really, few terminals with WWW access, hmmm. No matter, I must come with clear, the days are short anyway if you work, somehow. And sometimes there are even free wireless from land, to a juhuuu!

Leisure is thus somewhat (is not so much), work is ok. As always start new people on board, nobody here is surprised that there really rumspringt one without many years of experience between them. Only the captain - 'sad little king of a sad little hill' - motzt with daily regularity around my ears. That sucks, I finally do ne good job and can do nothing if the technology talk on strike even there. Thus, the wage of a stressful day is often the explanation from the boss of the whole, one can precisely nothing. He needs to know. Anyway, yes I get money, probably just hold out for something. And yes there are other kings, but have heard some of which will be even more extreme, brrr.

So, all things new. Much is lost in the old year, not me. And I have not really changed me, perhaps externally. And I am glad that my memory of the other world since faded out not so fast, something I've been homesick. You may know that I was much / many I have left grad so at home would have liked me. Do not go, but soon ... safe!

First you a wonderful new year, my little later and I will not forget even if I can not write in the blog here as often as thought. Keep me in uniform first-Free Accounts by good - Greetings from Grenada.

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Yes, that fits so again - in time for upcoming Liftoff is my machine from a light. Good old Thinkpad X31, last Saturday turned just once from the display. So, better the backlight turned out and I stood in the dark. What was clear at the latest after a gesurfe that most notebook displays with CCFL tubes are illuminated, and for that brauchts NEN inverter , the high-voltage tension pulls out the notebook. The then like break down.

Well, fortunately there is a reasonable hardware manual for the X31 in the network, that computer disassembled and looked to see what is installed inside an inverter for. Then back and forth to the type designation (91P7315) sought and quickly yet NEN new inverter ordered . With super extra costs can deliver and now here I sit in the queue. Would have to come at any moment, or tomorrow or something. And hopefully then lights up everything again, otherwise I must still reinbasteln ne new tube, but how do get so fast? We'll see ...

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